Apparatus for supplying hot water and steam.



No. 748,845. PATBNTED JAN. 5, 1904. J. P. GONNELL.

APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING HOT WATER AND STEAM.

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No. 748,845. Patented January 5, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

JOHN FRANCIS CONNELL, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO WILLARD H. STIMSON, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING HOT WATER AND STEAM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 748,845, dated January 5, 1904.

Application filed July 15,1903. Serial No. 165,696. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.- longitudinal section of the base or bed upon Beitknown that LJOHN FRANCIS CONNELL, which the apparatus or device is preferably of the city of Los An geles,in the county of Los carried or supported, as hereinafter more par- Angeles, in the State of California, have inticularly set forth. 5 vented a certain new and useful apparatus for In the figu res of drawings the apparatus or supplyinghot water and steam to hotels,office device constituting my invention is shown buildings, and the like and hot feed-water to as' consisting of a vertical cylindrical shell, steam-boilers and other devices, of which the (marked A A,) divided by the tube-plates or following is a full, clear, and exact descripsheets B B into three chambers or compart- 6o [o tion orspecification,reference being had to the ments, (respectively marked C, D, and E.) annexed drawings and to the letters marked Thetube-plates, also the crown or dome and thereon. bottom plate of the shell A A, are held to- My said invention,which relates to the congether by rivets, as shown. Into the upper tin nous supply of hotwater to the Wash-basins compartment C the exhaust-steam from theen- I5 or analogous devices used in the apartments gines is led by the exhaust-pipe. (Notshown of hotels,officebuildings,hospitals, and other in the drawings,but which is connected to the large edifices, also relates to supplying steam liange F of the oil-separator G,which may be to the steam heating apparatus used in the an oil-separator of any of the Wellknown apartments, hallways,corridors, and passages forms of construction, that which I have 7o zo of such buildings,mainly consists in adapting shown at Figs. l, 2, and 4 being what is known apparatus whereinto exhaust-steam from the as an Austin separator of the B class and engines which operate the elevators in such standard pattern.) From the branchHlshown buildings is discharged and recondensed as at Figs. 2 and 3) of the oil-separator Gthe exhot Water for being returned to the steamhaust-steam passes into the chamber C,thence z5 boilers as hot feed-water. down through the tu bes I of the intermediate An essential feature of my said invention chamber D into the lowest chamber or hotconsists in eiecting the three aforesaid operawell E. The tubes I,of which some are shown tions by one and tbesame apparatus instead in Fig.` l, constitute a direct and continuous of by two or more parts ofapparatus ashither' open series of vertical passages between the 8o 3o to used, with considerable reduction in cost' exhaust-steam chamber Cand the hot-well E, of the apparatus and in the operation of the and as the tubes I are numerous enough to same to carry out simultaneously thethree occupy practically the entirety of the chamaforesaid functions of supplying hot water ber D with suficient water-space around and v to wash-basins or their analogues, of supplybetween themselves and between themselves 35 ing steam to steam heating apparatus, and of and that part of the external casing A consupplying hot feed-water to the boilers which stituting the chamber D it follows that the supply steam for driving the pumps which acchamber D is a multitubular chamber which tuate the hydraulic elevators in buildings or when filled with water contains the water edifices of the classes hereinbefore mentioned wholly surrounding every tube I. o 4o and their like wherein a series of numerous At the lower part of the chamber D there iioors of apartments are arranged above each is a branch pipe J, connected to either the other. water-mains of a city, to a water-tower, or to Upon the annexed drawings, Figure 1 is a other source of supply of water under presfront elevation, partly in section, of the appasure. At any desired position near to the up- 45 ratusv constituting my presentinvention. Fig. per part of the chamber D there is a discharge- 2 is an elevation of the same apparatus looked pipe K. The water entering by the inlet-pipe at from the rear thereof. Fig. 3 is a horizon J is therefore discharged by the outlet-pipe tal section thereof on the line a a, Figs.1 and K, as indicated by the arrows in Figs. 1 and 2,looking downward into 'the lower compart` 2. The water entering by the inlet-pipe J as Ico 5o ment or hot-well of the device. Fig. 4 is a it enters is cold and as it escapes by the outplan corresponding to Fig. 2; and Fig. 5 is a let-pipe K is discharged as hot water. Be-

cause of the water entering by the inlet-pipe J being under sufficient head or pressure the .hot water discharged through the outlet-pipe Kwis forced to any height required in an of- {ice-building or hotel or other analogous edice and is supplied when required to washbasins, baths, or other receptacles. The water under pressure passing through the multitubular chamber D becomes heated by the condensation of the exhaust-steam from the engines passed into the upper chamber C in the manner hereinbefore described-that is to say, the exhaust-steam while in its hottest condition enters the several tubes lat their upper ends and parting with its contained heat to the water in the chamber D, surrounding the tubes I, in commencing to give out its heat to said water at the hottest part of the chamber D-namely, at the upper end thereof-becomes gradually cooled and condensed as it descends to the lower and therefore colder part ofv the chamber B from the tubes I, in which ittrickles downward as hot water of condensation, which is collected in the lower chamber or hot-well E, as shown at Fig. 1.

The branch H is provided with a chamber L, directly connected thereto by a flange-joint M, as shown at Figs. 1, 2, and 3. This chamber L contains a safety-valve or adjusted blow-through valve, whose detail of construction is not shown in the drawings, because c such valve may be of any well-known construction commonly in use, and therefore constitutes no part of. lny present invention; but the upper end of the spindle or pin N of the valve-is shown as being pressed upon by a weighted lever O, centered upon a fulcrum P, the weight Q on the lever O being adjusted in such position upon the lever O as to allowof the exhaust-steam to blow off through` an ascending pipe connected to the flange R. Y of the safety-valve casing.

In practice the safety-valve is adj usted to allow the exhauststeam to escapeinto the atmosphere through' the ascending pipe connected to the branch R at a pressure of about two to five pounds per square inch above the atmosphere. Some/ of the exhaust-steam passes up into the steamheaters in the apartments, hallways, corridors, and passages of the office-buildings, ho.- tels, or analogous edifices wherein my said invention is used, thereby causing heat to be `feed-water for supplying the boilers of the engines from which the exhaust-steam is utilized in the manner hereinbefore described. At the front of the hot-well E there is bolted or riveted the horizontally-projecting chainand water tight bearing therefor, there is car- Y ried the horizontal shaft U, to the inner end of which the lever U is connected, as shown at Figs. 1 and 4. The lever U has a oat U at its outer end, which float is carried in the water in the hot-well E. From this arrangement it follows that as the level of the hot water in the hot-well E rises or falls so the float U" correspondingly rises and falls and the shaft U receives a corresponding movement of rotation or angular movement. At

the outer end of the short shaft U there is carried the lever U', which is moved correspondingly with the aforesaid rotational or angular motion of the shaft U, aud the lever U, being connected to a valve arm or lever of a steam admission and cut-od valve, (not shown in the drawings, for the reason that such valve forms no part of my present invention and the showing thereof would only com plicate and render less distinct the parts of the drawings actually constituting my present invention, but which valve is applied at any convenient part of the steam-pipe W shown at Fig. 1,) as it is operated by the rising and falling of the float U", causes steam from the boilers to operate the pumping-engine W' when the hot water in the Well E has risen to a high level therein, while so soon,l

as the level of the water in the hot-well E has been sufficiently lowered to cause the sinking j of the float U" to close the valve on the steamlpipe W the operation of the pu mping-engine ,lected in the hot-well E to again raise the float U'" to a level sufficient to open the steam-ad- A mission valve on the steam-pipe W to again Ilo.

start the engines W to pump hot water from f the hot-well E into the boilers, and so on in tion in alternation automatically.

For the purpose of preventing escape or loss p of heat from the exhaust-steam passing from the pumping-engine W the exhaust-pipe X from this engine is taken through and into the hot-well E, and this eXhaust-pipeX is continued vertically upward, as shown at Fig. l, into one of the tubes I, whereinto this eX- haust-steam is discharged, condensed, and trickles down into the hot-Well E.

It is explained that the float-operatingvalve apparatus for automatically admitting and shutting off steam to and from the hotwaterpumping engine W, also the hotwater-pumping engine itself, do not of themselves constitute any part of my present invention, but have been hereinbefore described, and in part shown in the drawings, to explain the manner of operating the apparatus or device which does constitute my invention is used.V

ven'ton. In Fig. l a similar automatic steampump W" is shown on the left-hand side of myapparatus, which maybe operated wheneverrequired for feeding hot water or for pumping cold water to any part of a building or edice in connection with which my in- As it 'invariably happens that in all steamoperated mechanism or Iapparatus wherein the` water converted into 'steam isv used in continuous succession or states of water (steam, condensation,and reproduction of hot water) leakage or gradual diminution of A valve and supply pipe for the purpose of` the waterV in the'system of such apparatus always takes place, I provide the apparatus constituting my invention with an auxiliary maintaining theloss of water due to such leakage and keeping the quantity of water in y Athe apparatus practically constant. At Fig.

' '1 I have indicated such auxiliary valve at Y,

which shows the end elevation of thehandwheel and the part of 'the valve-casing Y to 4 which the pipe Y is connected, this pipe Y being coupled at its lower end to the bend Y, leading-into the bottom of the casing A,

l'and'therefore into the water constituting v the'fhot-well E. Whenever required, by turning the hand-wheel Y, I open the valve and admit hot Waterifr'om the upper and hottest part of thechamber D and discharge it into the hot-well E, thereby supplying whatever loss of water in theapparatus ywhich may be 'lip being that of a shield or barrier whereby any Water or leakage escaping from the apparatus or from the pumps is collected within and upon the top of the bed Z and prevented from spreading over the engine-house Hoor or other apartment wherein the apparatus is used. At the lower part of Fig. 2 the two openings b b are the connections for the pipes (not shown in the drawings) by which the pumping-engines W' W are connected to the Water in the hot-well E, and the connection c is that whereto the lreturn-pipe from all the steam-heaters is connected whereby the water of condensation from the steamheaters throughout a hotel or ofiice-building or other edifice is delivered to the hot-well E.

My apparatus is provided with manholes and covers or lids d and e, respectively, for access to the interior thereof and with handholes and covers or lids, one of which is shown at f, for removing scale or other deposit fromlthe water used inthe apparatus.

The height of the chamber C is preferably suchthat any of the tubes I when requiring i to be removed may be drawn upward into the chamber C out of the tube-plates B B into the upper chamber C.

My apparatus contains a valve operated by a hand-wheel H upon the lower end of the stem or valve-spindle H", which by being turned by hand in'either direction opens or closes the valve in the casing H', and thereby regulates the extentbof eectual opening, whereby exhaust-steam iiows through the branch H into the chamber C.

My apparatus is also provided with any required number of flange connections C', to any one or more of whichV a valve operated by a hand-wheel C, such as that shown at 0"', Figs. l, 2, and 3, is attached, and to the flange 0 at the upper end of which valvecasing a pipe may be connected for conveying some of the exhaust-steam to any other place or apparatus where it may be desired, particularly to the steam-heater or radiators ina hotel,offcebuilding, or analogous edifice.

Having now described the nature of my said invention and the best system, mode, or manner Iv amiat present acquainted with for carrying the same into practical eect, I desire to observe, in conclusion, that what I consider to be novel and original, and therefore claim as the invention to be secured to mefby Letters Patent, is as follows:

l. The apparatus or device consisting of an upper chamber, whereinto exhaust-steam from the engines is conducted, the said apfparatus or device having a multitubular chamber below the exhaust-steam chamber, the tubes whereof through which the exhauststeam descends constituting the sole open communication or passage for the descent of the exhaust-steam into the bottom chamber or hot-well, the multitubular chamber receivingcold water underpressure at the bottom thereof and discharged at its highest temperature at or from the top of said multitubular chamber, the third chamber constituting the hot-well at the bottom thereof, said apparatus being provided with opening and closing valves, and pipe connections between the hot-well and the pumps which draw the hot water and deliver it to steam-boilers, basins and baths, all operating together in the manner and for the purposes substantially as set forth.

2. The apparatus or device consisting of an upper chamber, whereinto exhaust-steam from the engines is conducted, the said apparatus or device having a multitubular chamber below the exhaust-steam chamber, the tubes whereof through which the exhauststeam descends constituting the sole open communication or passage for the descent of the exhaust-steam into the bottom chamber or hot-well, the multitubular chamber receiving cold water under pressure at the bottom thereof and discharged at its highest temperature at or from the top of said multitu- IOS bular chamber, the third chamber constituting the hot-well at the bottom thereof, said apparatus being provided with opening and closing valves, and pipe connections between the hot-well and the pumps which draw the hot Water and deliver it to steam-boilers, basins and baths, also the val-ve and supplypipe connecting the top of the multitubular chamber with the hot-well, all operating together in the manner andl for the purposes substantially set forth.

3. Theapparatus or device consisting of an upper chamber, whereinto exhaust-steam from the engines is conducted, the said apparatus or device having a multitubular chamber below the exhaust-steam chamber, the tubes whereof through which the exhaust'- steam descends constituting the sole open communication or passage for the'descent of the exhaust-steam in the bottom chamber or hot-well, the multitubular chamber receiving cold water under pressure at the bottom thereof and discharged at its highest temperature at or from the top of said multitubular chamber, the third chamber constituting the hot-well at the bottomY thereof, said apparatus being provided with opening and closing valves, and pipe connections between the hot-well and the pumps which draw the hot water and deliver it to steamboilers, basins and baths, also the rvalve and supply-pipe connecting the top of the multitubular chamber with the hot-well, also the vpipe connecting the heating apparatus into the apartments, hallways, corridors or passages of hotels, office-buildings or other edices, all operating in the manner and for the purposes substantially as set forth.

4. The apparatus or device consisting of an upper chamber, whereinto exhaust-steam is conducted, the said apparatus or device having a multitubular chamber below thel exhaust-steam chamber, into which multitubular chamber cold water under pressure is admitted at the bottom thereof and discharged as hot water at or from the top of said multitubular chamber, said apparatus having a third chamber constituting the hot-wellat the bottom thereof, said apparatus being provided with opening and closingy valves, and pipe connections between the hot-well and the pumps which draw the hot Water and deliver itto steam-boilers, also the valve and supply-pipe connecting the top of the multitubular chamber with the hot-Well, also the pipe connecting with the. heating apparatus in the apartments, hallways, corridors or passages of hotels, office-buildings or other edifices; also the base whereon the said appa'- ratusf is carried, said base being constructed with a lip for preventing the overflow of water leaking from the apparatus or pumps, used in connection therewith, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination of the exhaust-steam chamber,the multitubular water-heating and eXhaust-steam-condensing chamber, the connection at the lower part of the multitubnlar chamber to water-mains, the water-mains,thc connection from the upper part of the multitubular chamber to Wash-basins, baths, and like vessels, the water-basins bath and like vessels, the pipe connection for leading exhaust-steam into the heating apparatus in hotels, office-buildings and analogous edifices,the heating apparatus the float-operated mechanism for automatically operating the valve for admitting or shutting off steam from the steam-cylinders of the automatic hot feed-Water pumping-engines, the pumpingengines, the safety or blow-olf valve, the oilseparator through which the exhaust-steam passes into the exhaust-steam chamber, the valve for regulating the passage of the exhaust-steam into the exhaust-steam chamber, all operating together in the manner and for the purposes substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN FRANCIS CONNELL. [1.. s]

Witnesses:

ST. JOHN DAY, HADAssAH DAY. 

